CVE-2010-5106

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-5106
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-09-14 19:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe XML-RPC remote publishing interface in xmlrpc.php in WordPress before 3.0.3 does not properly check capabilities, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions, and publish, edit, or delete posts, by leveraging the Author or Contributor role.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.71 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.0 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.0.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.0.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.1.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.2.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.2.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.2.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.2.4 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.2.5 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.2.5 a All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.3.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.3.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.1.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.1.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.1.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.10 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.11 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.4 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.5 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.6 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.7 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.8 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.9 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.1.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.1.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.1.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.2.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.2.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.2.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.3.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.3.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.3.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.5 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.5.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.6 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.6.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.6.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.6.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.6.5 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.7 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.7.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.8 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.8.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.8.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.8.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.8.4 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.8.4 a All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.8.5 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.8.5.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.8.5.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.8.6 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.9 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.9.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.9.1.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.9.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 3.0 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 3.0.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE-request: WordPress insufficient permissions verification on XMLRPC interface af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
Version 3.0.3 « WordPress Codex af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 codex.wordpress.org
Changeset 16803 – WordPress Trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 core.trac.wordpress.org Exploit, Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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